Monday, June 30, 2003

However, if a customer hasn't downloaded the Transition Wizard program, there's no need to panic - yet.

This makes no sense at all. Why would the reporter imply there is a need to panic in the future?

All e-mail messages sent to the old attbi.com will be saved until the transition to comcast.net is completed.

Again, makes no sense. The emails are now being forwarded to the new comcast.net account.

However, she says, there may be some extra steps for those who use non-Windows and non-Mac browsers and e-mail systems such as Netscape and Eudora. Those users may need to take extra ``manual steps'' to download Transition Wizard, said Khoury, who expressed confidence the transition will go well today.

She has no idea what she is talking about. It's unbelievable to me how a spokesperson for Comcast can explain that you need to download hte Transition Wizard for Eudora and Netscape. Those users need to follow the manual instructions.

I didn't use the transition wizard and my email from attbi.com has is now being forwarded to comcast.net!

So after all the dire warnings, if you choose to do nothing and not run the transition wizard, your email still gets forwarded from attbi.com to comcast.net.

I didn't do anything this morning and logged onto attbi.com. I was automatically transferred to comcast.net. All my old attbi.com email was there and new mail that was sent to me at my old attbi.com address showed up in my new comcast.net mailbox.

I guess I'm not surprised that the only directions they provide for Macintosh are for Outlook Express. If they had read any of my emails and understood themm, they'd have put in instructions for Microsoft Entourage and all the other Mac OS X mail apps.

When the producers of the TV show went looking for a location to depict the ideal American bar, they headed to Boston, famous for colorful pubs, sports teams, and lively politics. After visiting other Boston bars, they returned to the Bull & Finch and declared, “This is the place.”

This is not the Worcester, Mass Boat Show, is it? I am sorry. I have made a terrible mistake. Ever since I left "Saturday Night Live," I mostly do public speaking now. And I must have made an error in the little Palm Pilot. Boy. Don't worry. I got it on me. I got the speech on me. Let's see. Ah, yes. Here we go.

While there if you click on a band that they have covered, you'll go to a page that shows all the bands that the covered band has covered, and also see a list of all the bands that have covered that band.

It's a covers party!

And if you like that, you'll also enjoy The Knockoff*Project. It features album cover spoofs, goofs, tributes, send ups, near misses and coincedences.

Ive picked up a clear plastic cover that sits inside the side door. It is oddly shaped to help air circulate inside the G5.

A purely functional component like this would have been paid little heed by the rest of the computer industry, Ive said. But it was made transparent so people could run their machines with the door off.

Mr Ed, the talking equine star of the 1960s television series, was a golden palomino. He learned an enormous amount of tricks for his role, including answering a telephone, opening doors, writing notes with a pencil, and unplugging a light. Apparently, Mr. Ed would occasionally have a fit of temper, as befitting his star status, and would stand stock still, wheezing and refusing to move.

Sunday, June 22, 2003

How Much For That Hydrant?Today we went to a memorial service for a close family friend, Harold Green.

The Rabbi was talking about how Harold had such a great sense of humor.

He told a story about how Harold loved to participate in the yearly yard sales we had at our house.

It was a big deal.

Our house was perfect for a yard sale since it was right on the Walnut Street, which leads to Route 1.

Harold always set up his table on the far left of of front yard. We used to have about 8-10 families carry all their junk over to our house for the day of the big yard sale.

Harold set up on the far left because that's where there was a fire hydrant.

Harold would always pile his junk for sale all around that hydrant. Then he'd put stickers with pricing on everything including the hydrant. It think he priced it at $50.

People would then come by and ask, "Is that hydrant for sale?"

Harold would always reply, "Yes it is, and it's yours if you can carry it away!"

A New Passover TraditionHarold's granddaughter told a story of how during a passover seder, Harold, while leading the service, lifted up his plate. The kids, thinking it was part of the service also lifted their plates.

Harold again lifted his plate and the kids again followed his lead and lifted their plates.

At this point, Harold's son Michael asked, "Dad, what are you doing?" Harold replied, "I lost my fork."

Passover plate raising, a new tradition.

Saint Anetsky?When we got to the grave site, it was raining. My wife asked me why someone would be carrying an umbrella with the name of a Saint on it. I looked over and saw the umbrella. It read, "S T A N E T S K Y."

I told her that it wasn't Saint Anetsky, it was Stanetsky Memorial Chapel!

Time is running out to transition to Comcast High-Speed Internet. It is very important that you take a couple of minutes to make the necessary changes now. Follow the instructions below to download the Transition Wizard or you may use the manual instructions posted on http://connect.comcast.net on Monday, June 30th.

If you don't make these changes by June 30, 2003, you will still be able to access your High-Speed Internet connection but will not be able to continue to receive your attbi.com e-mail and you'll miss out on all of Comcast's great features!

Ok, I have a question for you.

What if I'm on vacation on June 30th, returning on July 3rd?

What if I make the manual changes then? Will I be able to receive my attbi.com email?

I think I will. I think you will forward all my email to my new comcast.net address and it will accumulate over there until I retrieve it.

So when you say, "If you don't make these changes by June 30, 2003", I don't think you really mean it. In fact I think you don't even understand what you have written.

We’ve taken everything that we learned from our other stores and designed the ultimate Apple Store especially for you. We even put in the first-ever Apple Store Internet Café with 16 computers for you to check your email and experience the Mac at your own pace.

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced legislation authorizing the use of high-powered microwave lasers to burn out the eyes of non-paying viewers of copyrighted material. “If we could develop technology which just burned out the parts of their brains where the illegal memories are stored, that’d be fine with me--but we can burn their eyes out right now!” said Hatch, while introducing the Hatch/Hollywood Eyeball Evisceration Act.

The Motorola IM free offers a handy way of keeping in touch with up to six buddies at a time via IM - almost anywhere within 150 feet of an Internet connected computer with required base and with no additional monthly fees.

This product fills a glaring need in the market.

The need for consumers, to buy another product, to keep them hooked up to IM at all times.

Every other Saturday afternoon, a bunch of filmmakers meet at a secret location on the West Side of Manhattan. Many of them don't know each other, but they soon will. Within minutes, each one has been paired up with total stranger, and given the task of shooting a monologue, which they must complete and bring back to the starting point within three hours.

There's a little white duck sitting in the water
a little white duck doing what he oughter
he took a bite of a lily pad
flapped his wings and he said "I'm glad
I'm a little white duck sitting in the water
quack! quack! quack!"

I Hear Thunder (with lyrics and special links)
I Love Trash (lyrics only)
I Love You, You Love Me (with lyrics)
I Want a Dog (with lyrics and pet links)
If All the Raindrops (lyrics only)
If I Had A Hammer (with lyrics)
If You're Wearing [red, yellow, etc.] (with lyrics)
I'm a Little Teapot (with lyrics)
I'm A Nut (with lyrics)
In a Cabin in the Woods (lyrics only)
Inchworm (with lyrics)
Irish Lullaby (Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral) (with lyrics)
Its a Small World (with lyrics)

Copyright 2003, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANYMission: SPACE.
The new Walt Disney World Epcot attraction Mission: SPACE, answers the question, "What does it feel like to be an astronaut and launched into space."

Based on viewing the QuickTime movie on their web site, I'd say the answer is, "funny, it feels funny."
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I emailed CafePress.com with this question:

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Steve is a Social Media Traveler. Companies, brands, and destinations send my wife and I on trips in hopes that we will publicly share our experiences via social media. Examples include opening festivities for the Hermitage Club and traveling with GMC to the Super Bowl. (Go Pats!) We are available for more branded experience trips.